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10-CD box set that presents twenty-one original albums by one of the true jazz greats, Miles Davis. This is a real treasure trove of music and includes his 1959 masterpiece Kind of Blue, the most successful jazz album of all time.

Other iconic albums included are Cookin', Steamin' and Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Blue Haze, the film noir soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Porgy and Bess, Miles Ahead, Sketches of Spain and others.

His sidemen include the greatest jazz musicians of the '50s and '60s, such as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and many others.

Contents:- Blue Period (1951)- Young Man with a Horn (1952)- Miles Davis Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn (1953)- Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953)- Miles Davis Volume 3 (1954)- Classics in Jazz (1954)- Blue Moods (1955)- Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1959)- Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)- Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1961)- Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)- The New Miles Davis Quintet: Miles (1956)- Collectors Items (1956)- Blue Haze (1956)- Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)- Porgy and Bess (1958)- Miles Ahead (1957)- Sketches of Spain (1960)- Miles Davis in Person at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Vol.1 (1961)- Miles Davis in Person at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Vol.2 (1961)- Kind of Blue (1961)